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Well our form this season in all games is now LWLWLWWW thats a pretty good start TBH and something we can build on. Winning breeds confidence even if it’s in a near meaningless cup game.

Barrow on Saturday have LLLWLWL

Barrow fans not overly confident about playing us

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So a nailed on win then?

I can't see Holloway changing a winning side, especially given how well we played at Crewe.

Is Wilson-Brown a doubt? If so, Kirkman slots straight in at left centre back. Deserved too after his performance last night.

So nice having this depth. I don't consider this a drop in quality at all if it happens. I think Kirkman is brilliant and unlucky not to be starting regularly.

On the negative side it would be such a Swindon thing for so much positivity to be knocking about and be followed by a pitiful performance and  a defeat!

On the positive side I'm not going so a win is hopefully guaranteed!

We are going to win.

That is an unusual statement from mr glass half full muggins here.

Holloway would be silly to change a winning team unless he has to, Wilson-Brown has some form of viral infection apparently so could well be doubtful for Saturday but as you say Kirkman is an ideal replacement.

I guess we will also see if Clarke is available or not after his misdemeanor at Cardiff.

He was yesterday so no club internal issues. No idea who is investigating or when its due to complete though, which I guess was your point..

3 away wins in a row would be lovely.

I think we're due a draw as we haven't had one yet, but hopefully we can keep building momentum.

Barrow 1-2 Swindon

It can’t be any worse than Barrow away last season…

But you can't just shoot at an outfield player in goal DV ;)

I can't believe he said that and kepta straight face. We literally did that once and scored.

For anyone who doesn't have a dodgy Firestick....note that the game (as are all EFL games) is on Sky Sports+

Helps when you have one too, more channels to choose form. Although you have to flick between about 25 unmarked Sky Sports + channels.

You got me wondering when was the last time we achieved that? I asked ChatGPT and it said it was 1986*. That didn't seem right so I did a bit of digging and we won 3 in a row in early 2019, culminating in the 2-1 win where Keshi Anderson smashed home the winner, a goal more infamous for the reaction of an Franchise fan who recorded and posted his own reaction on Twitter. "Oh no, 2-1 Swindon". I'd share the link if I could find it!

In early 2021 we won at Crawley, Salford and Grimsby, scoring 10 goals and conceding 2 across the three games. Doyle got 6 in 3.

And in October 2021 we won at Rovers, FGR and Sutton. That seems to be the last time it happened unless I've missed something.

*The 1986 run seems to have been three consecutive games played away form home, i.e. with no home game in between. In fact, we had no home games at all over the period of 2 months from 12 Jan to 15 Mar, so we played six straight away games winning every single match.

https://townenders.com/matches_club.php?season=1985-1986&structure_code=M&team_code=1st

Gotta be due a draw at some point.

Ben Whitfield suspended for Barrow. Easily their best player.

3 game ban for violent conduct, that will help us hopefully. Now play with a CB in goal like most of the game last time please :)

I see as well that under Ollie we seem to be constantly prefixed as we were under PdC.

We are no longer "Swindon Town FC" we now seem to be "Ian Holloways Swindon Town FC".

Is the man becoming bigger than the club?

Not bigger than the club but definitely a bigger media reputation & more likely to get clicks / views.

Not just on Sky and media it seems fans on other forums and on FB are now naming us as Ian Holloways STFC.

It doesnt bother me but we are a much bigger club than just a manager and I appreciate all the big clubs in L2 suffer the same fate......Oh wait a minute...nobody else in L2 has a famous manager.....as you were.

Quirk of the fixture calendar that we're away to Barrow on an international break weekend when I'm on my holibags. Last year was painful following in a local bar. Butterworth's late late equaliser meant the Efes tasted a bit sweeter but I didn't realise exactly how the game had turned out.

Have a feeling Butterworth will be on the scoresheet Saturday.

Am I imagining things or was Butterworth out of favour at the start of the season? Not a decision I expected. Good player.

Well, Holloway told him and Delaney they weren’t in his plans and to find new clubs. Now Ameen has gone I suppose it leaves the door open again for Butterball.

I bloody hate that

I don't mind a bit of swagger when we are the ones a swaggering. Though it annoys me when its applied to other teams :)

Don't mind if we are Fred West's or Gary Glitters Swindon as long as we keep winning and go up!

I’ve got an album called Swagger by Flogging Molly

Yep...it's the same weekend.  Return visit 52 weeks/364 days after the last one.

This fixture has been a firm fixture since we moved to Scotland 4½ years ago.  Will be the 5th time in 5 seasons that my eldest & I have made it to Barrow (A).  And a mere 3rd visit for Ardiles Jnr Mk II.  The other 4 have ended P4 W2 D1 L1, and I'm very hopefully we'll add another 'W'.

The pitch, even when it hasn't been hammering it down, is a heavy one from memory.  So will be interesting to see whether 'lump it to Smith' is replaced with 'lump it to Palmer' at the first opportunity.  I hope not.  I'd love to see Kilkenny given the opportunity to develop in to a proper Midfield General type, if possible.

First game of the season for me (to be followed swiftly by another next weekend.)  Genuinely excited/up for this.

Are 3pm Saturday games on Sky Sports+?

During international breaks they are, yes.

I've got an album called Swagger by The Blue Aeroplanes.

Decent album

Blue aeroplanes were great.

Did you ever come across a band called Slow Twitch Fibres in the early 80's or was that before your time?

I did not.  But Im very young.  Only 54.

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Anyone been to Barrow before and can advise on a decent pub?
Last minute decision to do the 6hr drive up  :D

The Duke of Edinburgh Hotel is a good bet.
A Lancaster brewery pub & a decent selection of ales.

The spoons isn't the worst by any means.

Last time I went the Duke of Edinburgh was pretty good and had a load of town fans in as it's pretty much opposite the station. https://www.dukeofedinburghhotel.co.uk/

If you are training it, lancaster brewery now have a pub on lancaster station to make any change much more bearable...

Yeah, good stopping off point on the way to or from Morecambe if timings allowed.

Thanks all!

Cheers, ta!

This is where we'll be heading.

The supporters' bar next to the ground is also fine.  Very basic, but friendly.  We've been there several times.

The Crossbar (https://maps.app.goo.gl/nvHQiufCdqdhsXgW9)

Motivational statement from Holloway’s

‘ Never forget this iconic Ian Holloway quote about Cristiano Ronaldo:

“He’s six foot, fit as a flea, and good looking… there’s got to be something wrong with him.

Hopefully he’s hung like a hamster — that’d make the rest of us feel better!

Although, my missus has a pet hamster… and his c**k’s massive!”

Incredible 🤣

Should see you later.
Definitely not looking forward to this bastard drive.

Pre match for Paris in the Spring read Barrow in September in The Furness Railway.
Lovely. Second year in a row as well.

Having said that, staying down south in Manchester for this one.
Hopefully to minimise the madness of train travel on a Sunday.
Still expecting at least one train cancellation & one cattle truck experience on the way back.
Won’t be much fun with no points in the bag.

The nature & timing of the equaliser was good fun last time.
Maybe more appreciated by those that were there than those watching from afar.
No escaping the abject sterility of the effort against 10 with an outfield player in goal.

Had a look at the Barrow squad. Look to have a fair few older heads & I’m guessing supplemented by a complement of loanees.
No idea if they have a youth setup.

Did read that the senior squad is mainly Manchester based & that they train in that area.
Fair play, an approach that makes sense & they are now established in L2 following their return & no doubt basking in being the premier club in Cumbria.

We, on the other hand are basking in the glow of a tremendous performance last Saturday.

That wasn’t dented by being confronted by a reminder of the 1980 LC semi final upon arrival. Yes, the statue of Emlyn Hughes outside the station.
Captain of England & also on Question of Sport. “Ehh, Ah know it, ah know it, ah know it ....it’s gone..”
Alongside the permanently concussed Bill Beaumont if I remember.

But that’s all consigned to the history books now, both 1980 & last Saturday & everything in between.

The prospect of following up on last Saturday with a similar outcome today is tantalising.
Four points from 2 away games would be fine.

Having a manager that really wants to win & has the tools available to make it happen is reassuring, plus the added bonus of very little chance of a bag of shite being dressed up as a coil of finest Cumberland Sausage.

Shouldn’t need a healthy dose of Kendal Mint Cake for the team to be running around as if possessed today.

Victories have to be earned in this league & consistent inconsistency is generally the norm.

Still on the learning curve of getting to grips with this season for me.

Do wonder if the “We’ve got Palmer, fuck Kier Starmer” chant heard at Crewe will reappear today. Sign of the times I guess.
Maybe giving 16 year old’s the vote won’t pan out as planned.

Anyway, the Promotion Party in May gets my vote.

Safe travels to all & enjoy the game folks.

Liking a video of Hibs  fans singing ‘That's the way, a ha a ha, I like it’. The old KC and the Sunshine Band classic.

Could have sung that after Drinan’s last 2 goals.

https://www.tiktok.com/@hibernianfc/video/7531048457197391126

I like it!

Duke of Edinburgh a good shout, lots of decent beers as well.

Only seen 2 wins in my last 17 away games so apologies in advance!

A ha a ha!

Only 8 of the matchday squad from last time are still here.
Still quite a high turnover but the replacements do look to be an improvement on their departed counterparts.

Good stuff.

It’s an odd one really. It would be like Swindon training in East London and all the players and staff living round there. It just wouldn’t feel like a community club. Feels like something Franchise would do.

True. But they probably get players easier that way.

Not like our own club trains in Swindon!

That's why I'm giving it a miss despite being about 30 mins away from Barra, my record is similarly dreadful!

Thing is Barrow really is incredibly remote, it's about 40-45 mins off the M6 at the end of the A590 which is, with just cause, known as the UK's longest cul-de-sac.

Plus the A590 seems to be closed most days as no one seems able to drive round here....

Looks like we will have 280 fans in Cumbria today plus any walk ups, considering its a 500 miles and 9 hour return trip thats not bad.

Back in the day Macari would have had the players running up scaffell pike in preparation!

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Unchanged again.

Can't blame Holloway for being loyal to last weeks team. Probably won't see a repeat score line considering how few they've conceded but I still think we're good for a 1-0. 

Yes Barrow have only conceded more than 1 goal in a game once, home vs MKD when they lost 2-0.

Since when?

Only 2 of the players that played for Barrow in this fixture last season are playing today, Jackson and Newby.

This season so far.

Yeah, probably the norm throughout most of L2.
Hopefully we'll see the benefit of having kept most of the good core together.

Absolutely. not sure how many teams kept the core of their team in the Summer but there cant be too many at this level, never normally is.

I see Rovers nearly fucked up a 3-0 lead in the early KO with it ending 3-2 to them at Newport.

Late change to starting X1 for them.
Kane Hemmings out & formerly much heralded Tyler Walker in.

He will pull a hamstring after 15 mins like always :)

Early corner for them.

Ripley low save at the near post.

Bit of a dodgy start there

Marvelous 1-0 town

1-0 Drinan

1-0 Drinan

For Barrow 8)

Lovely move. We have really scored some nicely worked goals so far this season

Drinan was in a comical amount of time and space there. Had all day to control it and slot away.

Kilkenny tries a shot from our half that goes wide.

It was a great touch and pass from Oldaker. Thought Munroe had delayed too long. Good presence of mind for Drinan to take a touch first.

He made the space well though. Give him credit.

Good cross into our box but it misses everyone.

Gunning loud and clear on comms again today.

Crikey! Barrow left space for Munroe and Drinan again!

Oldaker is making a lot more sense now.At the beginning of the season I couldn't see what he offered but he's now really making a case as to how important he is in the midfield

Oh yeah it was superb from him, but the reaction time was pathetic from Barrow. If that had been us I'd be raging.

Munroe really is a master of the sliding tackle.

Can’t figure out if Munroe is better attacking or defending. Very balanced wing back.

Drinan with a great chance well wide though from 12 yards.

Drinan in space again! Drags it miles wide

Is that gunning we can hear again on the gantry?

We need to get a second. Looks like we have the wind with us this half

We're playing really well. Need to make it count.

Early yellow for Nichols for persistant fouling.

Oldaker breaks up a move by them, hes getting better every game when played in the right position.

Gordon should have scored then!

Awful miss by Barrow with a free header at the far post.

I have Barrow comms and its stupidly louder than the background noise.

Munroe hits the fence and goes to the floor.

Can’t stand David Worrall always been a twat.

Monroe down after colliding with what appears to be a farmyard behind the goal.

this ref is shocking so far

Say it quietly, but we are top of the league..

Another crap ref. Got most things wrong so far

Kilkenny close to a 75 yard diagonal with a bit too much on it.

100%

Card happy

In fact,he's a proper cunt

Have it! 2-0

don't feel like we've got out of second gear yet. Extremely comfortable

fucking get in

2-0 Glatzel

0.2 Glatzal

That's lovely play from Oldaker.

A very encouraging finish from Glatzel. Got a gift last weekend but that was a proper finish. Good from Oldaker too

Scored a very similar goal up the same end 2 years ago.

Lovely low finish by Glatzel from 15 yards.

Oldaker has become a maestro

Set up both goals. Looks classy at times

Barrow have no pace at the back at all.

Hes a different player since he has been playing in the advanced attacking midfield position, hes not a DMC as we played him early season.

Modern day Miglioranzi

Great cross by Munroe but nobody in the box after a great pass by Nichols.

Their keeper looks as bad as his haircut.

Yeah we don't exactly look superb in defense but we're 2-0 up and haven't had to produce anything that special to get there really.

As with almost every game last season, you only have to be a bit better than average to win games in this divison. Something we are doing comfortably at the moment. Just dont lose concentration.

Oldaker tries a shot from 20 yards thats about a yard high and wide.

Refs gone completely the other way and is giving nothing!

We could make 5 subs at HT and i don’t think the standard drops.

HT 2-0

Not under much pressure by them and quite routine so far. Just keep up 2nd half with the same stuff.

So important to get a second before half time. Oldaker can really pick a killer pass but Glatzel was given acres of room. Great calm finish though. Kicking towards our fans second half and a really strong bench to call on when legs get tired. A third would give us the game surely, we’re by far the better team and not playing our best either.

Barrow manager "what can I do? Ah, I've got polos"

Never forget insisting he was class as my two mates joked about how shit he was in his first few games. He blasted a couple over the Town End and I was getting mocked relentlessly. I was proved right in the long run.

I knew my shit back then. Lived and breathed football. Before the last decade or more of shite battered my love for the game.

Think I'd get Oldaker and Nicholls off as soon as possible as the ref idls strangely unpredictable.

Pretty routine but can't imagine Barrow being so poor in the second half.

So easy so far but an early goal for them changes it all!
Ref is shit.

Don't think anyone has had a poor game so far, everyone at least a 7/10, special mentions to Oldaker, Munroe and Glatz for me.

Just imagine if Oldaker could shoot!

That was a really enjoyable half. Granted, they missed an absolute sitter, but apart from that they have rarely threatened. Going forward we are causing them so many issues and I think Palmer will cause even more problems for them when he is inevitably introduced in the second half

Since the Smith injury, Glatzel looks like he has his mojo back.

We may need an 'all of the above' option again in the MOTM poll...

Munroe and Oldaker are the best players for me so far, Glatz and Drinan showed some good play too but its an all round team performance for sure so far.

Barrow cant be that poor 2nd half surely.

Much fancied MKD losing 3-0 at home to the fishy Grims.

The 2 poorest sided we have faced Barnet and Shrews are currently at 3-1 to Shrews at Barnet despite Barnet beating us and Shrews getting thrashed by us.

Cheltnumb beating Accrington in the battle of the bottom 2.

Snowdon wins Town a corner.

Good corner delivery but the header was too weak and the keeper fumbles a save to keep it out...just.

Good chance for Drinan blocked.

I think Gordon should've been booked by now for dissent

Creating a few problems for ourselves with the passing out from the back. Suppose it’s the risk you take playing that way

Poor control by Glatzel gives it away just outside our box but we get lucky that they didnt make the most of it.

I dont know if its the pitch is hard or the ball is pumped to a higher pressure by them but the ball is bouncing higher than normal this half.

Commentator keeps banging on about Barrow's offside "chance". 😂

Not been a great second half so far. We seem to be inviting a fair amount of pressure.

Sloppy by Nichols but luckily the cross was shocking and straight at Ripley.

Getting a little sloppy in dangerous areas…

Town clear from a corner with a good block after a header towards goal.

Town going off the boil.  Luckily Barrow are poor.  Time for subs.

Definately need changes soon.

Looking a little sloppy now. Exactly the right time to make changes

subs
Palmer > Glatzel
Clarke > Wilson-Brown
Bodin > Oldaker

Palmer on for Glatzel
Bodin on for Oldaker
Clarke on for Wilson-Brown.

Think I would rather have had Clarke for Nicholls.

Assume W-B still has an illness issue.

Definately getting a bit sloppy now and not pressing them any more.

He has some form of virus apparently so did well to last that long.

Poor holding back by Munroe gives away a FK on the corner of the box.

Great save from Ripley!

What a save by Ripley from a blaster from 25 yards.

Can’t be long before we see McGregor for Snowden

This game has gone to shit in the last 15 mins, we cant get a grip on the game again.

lost our shape a bit from the subs

Incredible stop

I wish he'd say Nicholls properly not Nic Holes :)

Chance for Barrow but thye head wide with just Ripley to beat.

Everything we did in the first half that was great, we have done the opposite this half.
Don't agree with the changes made either.

Completely out of sorts this second half. Knew Barrow would improve but we’ve gone to pot

Drinan wrestled to the ground but the ref doesnt give it, shocking.

We don't deserve our clean sheet.  A better side than Barrow.....

Palmer has a great touch for a big lad

I want to say "papa" every time!

 :D :D :D

Princewill on for Snowdon
Butterworth on for Nichols.

Are there any? In this division? I think they're one of the best sides we've played to be honest

3-0

3-0 Princewill

Prince’s first touch!

Fair play. Rode out the pressure and another lovely worked goal. Brilliant stuff

Bodin touch of class.

Much needed

Another top quality goal

Palmer Bodin Drinan Princewill.  Great subs!

Perfect cross for Princewill that by Bodin.

Princewill should have scored with that chance.

3-1

Oh dear!

Come on guys, that was a soft one.

I've seen some lucky goals in my time

That’s a shame. We were unlucky with the deflection there

soft goal to concede

I think Palmer is getting frustrated that no one will pass to him. He’s been in so much space 3 times in the last couple of mins

We havent defended from the front this half, that worked well for us first half.

A lot less energy with Bodin and Palmer up top

Plenty to have liked about the first half but this has been rather shoddy work in the second. Think we’ve looked far too open

This.

5 mins added.

A poor second half however we have breakaways where better control and decision making would have led to more clear cut chances.

5 mins added

Probably closer to 7 or 8 mins now with this injury.

FT 3-1

Decent, good 1st half but did enough 2nd half to win despite being sloppy at times.

Looks like we are top of the table....nice. Its lovely to looking down at the rest of them from the top again, its been a while.

Top of the league baby  8)

Made hard work of the second half, should have had put it completely out of reach with twenty minutes to go.  

Surprisingly nervous 3-1 victory, pretty poor second half and dedpite all he positives we seem worryingly poor at clearing our lines.

Would have been a much closer game if Gordon hadn't had such a stinker for them.

Top of the league, but I think we’ll be 2nd tonight whatever the result between Gills and Barrow. Keep it ticking along like this and it could be a good season.

Good job their number 25 (Gordon) couldn’t hit the target or we’d have been struggling   

Or even Bromley !.

Most satisfactory

Man of the match according to their match day sponsor  :D

Their bus driver will certainly have to get his foot down to get to Bromley before 5.30.

Just shows how poor they are.

More nervy than the score line suggests. I do think a typical Swindon team would throw that 2-0 lead away so coming away with the win is a good sign.

I didn't realise that their keeper (with the dreadful hair!) is a local lad and Georgia Stanways younger brother.

D’oh

😁

  :D :D :D
Either way we will be off the top, but it was good while it lasted.

Glatzel:
- Came with a plan and executed well
- Front foot attacking team, pressing high and putting them under pressure. We played good football when we had the ball
- Losing Smith has fuelled the fire. Tough as a team to lose him, but it brought the team together
- Off the ball work: Part of our game. To win ball back up high. We have worked hard on this.
- Happy to be getting a run of games. Helps get a rhythm
- Coming off the bench is different as you are often trying to close out the game
- Forwards have different qualities. Bring something different to the game. Can only be a good thing
- Want to score as many goasls as possible. Trying to get into top 3 in the league in scoring
- Very encouraging. Only the start. But we are building.
- Looking forward to the next few games and hopefully will be able to solidify the position we are in.

Good performance. Easily the better of two decent sides for this level. Unstoppable first half, unflappable second. Despite their increased possession we were rarely troubled apart from a top class save by Ripper and one of the streakiest goals we've ever conceded. Three nil down at home you'd expect them to throw everything forward but we defended well I thought with Mabete again impressive for me. Oldaker was definitely player of the first half. Overall MOM probably Drinan for me

Noticed he was getting frustrated against Reading as well.

Going to be an obvious drop off in quality here from those he was used to playing with at Wrexham that will take some adjusting to (no disrespect to our squad intended) but hope he maintains that level, eventually the players around him will click into sync with it.

Holloway:
- Only looking at we got wrong. There is enough to sink a battleship today
- We started badly, then opened them up
- Got a second goal slightly against the run of play
- Knew they were going to make a substitution at half time and come at us
- We needed everybody.
- Noone did anything wrong to deserve substituion
- We have a strong bench
- Nobody is selfish and gets upset if not picked
- Ollies Clarke and Palmer will be up to speed soon. We've also got the 2 Bristol City lats. Whoa!
- Drinan, with his pace, power and drive. Do I want to take him off? No. Have spoken to him about it. But needed him to play in Snowden's place eventhough he doesnt favour it. We do practice it
- We almost let them back in
- Should have scored a fourth. Prince coudl and should have rolled X in. But he's still learning
- A lot to learn and improve. Its good to be able to do that after wins
- Oldaker playing further forward as we have a lot of people at the back who can bring the ball out
- Ripley made a world class save
- Takes everyone to get a result. Sometimes it will be ugly.
- Midfield looked like we were strangling them. That's what their crowd didnt like
- Trying to create a mentality that if we let 2 in then we might score 3
- We have a lot of young lads. Are our team fit enough? We have to look at it.
- We have some fantastic players here. Holloway has to mould them into a team.

Bromley two up! Looks like we might stay top of the league

Bromley will go top, no?

Marcus Ifill making his 7th start in a row, at RWB.

Oh yeah :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick: for some reason I thought they were mid table

Just watching the highlights, I love the position that Oldaker is taking up behind the strikers.

Great finish from Glatzel. Lovely cross across from Drinan and finish from Princewill.

More passing football. More pressing. Onwards.

What’s the latest on the Ollie Clarke punch up? Any word of what happened (and if it’s James Ball….)?!

Att: 3,077 (312 Swindon)

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I’m very surprised that Oldakers career path has been mostly non league.

His vision & passing in the final 3rd looks really fucking good to be fair.

Echo the thoughts above re Oldaker. Certainly did not see him taking up the current role he has when the signing was announced but behind the two strikers, he is absolutely brilliant. Seen comparisons to Doughty and very much agree. Not the quickest but doesn’t have to be with his range of passing. Initially thought he would be occupying the role Nichols is in and vice versa but fair play to Holloway, he’s called it spot on with how he’s using both

Snap!
He's reminded me of Doughty also.
Let's hope  he brings us the same success.

We weren't great today but won fairly comfortably.

I thought Barrow were pretty stinking especially first half and we dropped to their level at times with passes going astray throughout.

The ref was a dick too.

Still, 3 league away wins in a row, 4 wins on the bounce in all comps scoring 11 goals in that time - it's been a very good start to the season. Add in the fact we have still have two loanees to add to the squad and it's looking promising.

Got to give Holloway hell of a lot of credit for seeing the player Oldaker could be by moving him up the pitch.

I don't think many of us were impressed by him over those first few games where he was sat deeper like he supposedly was everywhere else.

First half he's not giving Swindon anything except unreasonable yellow cards.  Immediately after the H.T. restart, he gives Barrow nothing and brandishes a yellow card against the home side for something that was unnecessary.  It was like the assessor said to him during half time to the effect of, you are being too much of a homer - you have to even things up.  After about 10 - 15 minutes of pro-Swindon, he finished the game by being unpredictable.  Overall, a very poor performance.

 i am starting to believe that the rising tide is going to power this aging vessel to the clearer waters of L1 .

Fucking disgusted at the result.

£1 @ 46/1 for 1-4 win. Bastards.

What on earth is that roof. Its worse than the gazebo Rovers used to have.

Is that a floodlight going through the middle of the roof🤔

It's the lustrous hair, isn't it?  Must find out which conditioner he uses, as it's magic.  Great vision & passing play as well.

It's the most awkward stand you could imagine.  Visibility is appalling...but I'm sure it was a cost effective way to quickly add much needed capacity.

Modelling himself of the original hair hero midfield dynamo himself Stefani Miglioranzi.
(would love to hear him on the LSP)

https://youtu.be/tx_CJjvDu0Q?si=lZkd5ZG0OAghjvlX

Nice one town. Winning is becoming a habit.

A relatively routine win in the end, without hitting the heights of last Saturday.

Enough moments of quality to make the difference.

Let's not forget that we were troubling the top 3 at this stage in the Flynn season. Feels a bit more of a sustainable effort this time, but let's see how it goes.

Terrible viewing ground as has been said.
Managed to find a seat with a clear viewing angle of both goals but not much else.

Counted about 35-40 pillars around the 6 or 7 standlets.

About 16,700 suited & booted, flat cap wearing souls squeezed into Holker Street in the 50's.
All good fun.

We have to keep this sustainable, but only Stockport has won this league in the past few season with 2 PPG, all the other winners have come in with less, so it seems there is a drop off from all teams at some point in the season and so when this drop off does come we have to make it as short as possible. At this current moment in time, it’s looking good,as we haven’t even seen Tafazolli, Murphy or Knight-Lebel all 3 I’m sure will display their qualities in this side.

Fuck sake, forgot my prediction league entry early this season!

Sounds like a good win. With Harrogate at home next, good chance to cement our automatic promotion credentials.

As mentioned in earlier posts our high press that Glatzel talked about definitely drops off when he is not there with Drinan who always works his socks off and that to my thinking partially accounts for the decline in the second half performance yesterday.

Having only seen Palmer last Tuesday and on the TV yesterday, he is not to my mind going to work as hard relying more on positional play and what I have seen of Princewill is much in the same vein and it is not a combination that gives the same input to the team.

I always assume that IH can see when things require changing hence the mass substitutions but I do think that the balance is sometimes compromised with them.

Now have the same amount of away wins after 35 days of the season as we did after 200 days last season.

Very good first half, then went to rat shit a bit on 60 minutes and were pressed into silly mistakes.

Ripley who had little to do, made a superb save.

Should of had more but for poor finishing and not squaring the ball.

Too early to call but very good.

MOM for me was Drinan.